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World Buddhism Association Headquarters
Correct Reply to an Important Inquiry
Translation of the Inquirer’s letter attached to Public Announcement 20200101
Buddhist Disciple Zhang Ming Sincerely Beseeching Holy Gurus at the World Buddhism Association Headquarters for a reply
(An e-mail dated Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 12:09 PM)
From: Zhang Ming (張明) <zming0928@hotmail.com>
Auspicious Greetings to the Respected Holy Gurus of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters:
I, Zhang Ming, a Buddhist disciple, sincerely request a reply from the Holy Gurus of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. We are now very confused and do not know what to do. Several rinpoches, Dharma masters, and laypersons have claimed that they are the incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha. Some claim to be the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. Some claim to be the incarnation of Guru Padmasambhava. There are also three persons who all say they are the true incarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva. These people all hold recognition certificates stating that they are rinpoches of the Tibetan tradition. How can we know if they are real or fake? Out of these three Maitreya Bodhisattvas in this world, at least two of them must be fake. Which one of them is real? How do we differentiate the real from the fake? Who do we believe and not believe?
Also, my master said he has passed the exam at the Headquarters and has attained the Great Holy Guru status of a Shangzun. We have all started to call him Shangzun Master. My master is about 50 years of age and his body weight is about 250 pounds. Has my master indeed passed the test at the Headquarters and attained the status of a Shangzun? Is it in compliance with the Dharma rules for us to call him Shangzun Master? My master also said that he has great merit and his blessing is very powerful, and he will perform Dharma to eliminate the pandemic in the different countries very soon. We are somewhat doubtful, is he really a Shangzun?
Furthermore, the master of a fellow sister is 53 years old and weighs 187 pounds. He said he had passed the exam at the World Buddhism Association Headquarters to be a Jiaozun. Is this true or not? We understand that if we mentioned the names of these people, the Headquarters would not reply to us for the sake of not hurting them. For this reason, we resort to respectfully asking the Holy Gurus at the Headquarters how many Shangzuns and Jiaozuns there are, and what their Dharma names are. We wish that the Headquarters will reply to us soon. We would be tremendously grateful for your reply. We wish very much to know who the Holy Gurus are, so that we can better guard against those masters who did not pass the exam to become a Ruzun, Jiaozun, or Shangzun but are pretending to be one.
We are most grateful to the Holy Gurus at the World Buddhism Association Headquarters.
Buddhist disciple Zhang Ming prostrating himself on behalf of our group.
April 11, 2020
Buddhists, we will now reply to your inquiries.
Before everything, the Headquarters must correctly tell you this. You have been listening to the recorded Dharma discourses imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for so long, have read a good amount of various public announcements issued by the Headquarters, and have been learning Buddha Dharma for such a long time. Some of you have even studied the Tripitaka encompassing Sutras, Vinaya and Sastras. It is hard to believe that you remain at such a level of ignorance, stubbornness, and superstition. Why don’t you have even the shallowest basis of correct knowledge and views to differentiate right from wrong? We truly feel sorry for inquirers like you!
First, you must know that those Dharma kings or rinpoches who are called reincarnated from Bodhisattvas, or being called eminent monastics or greatly virtuous persons in the world are not necessarily true Holy Gurus. A true Holy Guru must have the physical constitution of a holy person. (Such physical constitution would manifest through Their extraordinary body and wisdom.) Why are you so often fooled to fall for superstition? Because you have not read the content of the public announcements seriously. When you listened to the recorded Dharma discourses imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, you have not truly understood the meaning. That’s why today you are inquiring if a certain person is a Shangzun or a Jiaozun, and whether they have the ability to eliminate the pandemic.
Frankly speaking, your understanding is too evil. How can the people you mentioned be considered holy persons? Even in the most unlikely circumstance that they happened to be a holy person, they still do not possess the ability to eliminate the pandemic. When the plague was rampant in Wuhan, China and the city was in lockdown, His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III openly imparted Dharma on January 30, 2020 that was recorded, in which His Holiness the Buddha said that He would pray and bestow blessings for the quick elimination of COVID-19; and that everyone could rest assured. You must have respectfully listened to that audio recorded Dharma discourse already. Sure enough, the COVID-19 virus has basically been suppressed in Wuhan now; the city has officially reopened, and people are back to work. But outbreaks have also started in many other countries in the world in recent months. Holy Gurus have collectively beseeched H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to once again bestow blessings so that people may safely get past the pandemic. Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said He would give His all to pray but that He also felt very humbled. He said the government has placed great importance on the situation, and there will be very good medicine to treat the pandemic; and people will be safe.
Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III also said specifically that the COVID-19 pandemic was induced by causality, and therefore it must be managed through causality. Retributions are induced by causality like a shadow following its subject. One reaps the effect of the cause one planted. It is the responsibility of Buddhists to continue to pray, chant scriptures, and do good deeds. But everyone must rely on the rescue efforts by the nations, such as planting the causes of prevention and treatment, including quarantine, wearing masks, social distancing, etc. This is preventing people to plant the causes of transmitting the virus to one another. Following the arrangements devised by the government will reap the effect of minimizing the infection of the COVID-19 virus. Rest assured. The pandemic will subside for sure. It is due to causality that such a pandemic happened. Although the plague cannot be eradicated completely, at least there will not be major problems. Nations will be prosperous, and society will be peaceful. That will certainly be the development.
Your master is really very naive and crazy to dare profess that he could eliminate the pandemic in the different countries, as if a cup of water could extinguish a burning truckload of wood. How can his effort compare to the collective power of nations and the public to control the pandemic? Without the national governments planting causes by issuing executive orders to implement stay-at-home orders and social distancing, if it were up to your master, how would he have the administrative power to do anything? If your master were to tell people to stay home, would that have worked? On the contrary, Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, being the supremely holy Buddha, not only does not proclaim that He can bestow blessings but in utmost modesty said that He felt humbled; telling everybody to rely on the states, governments and the people, and to truly believe in causality.
The holy Buddha power of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is one of a kind and unrivaled. His Holiness the Buddha lifted the 434.8-pound Pestle with one hand and held it for 13 seconds, surpassing His base weight standard by 59 levels. So far, no one in this world has been able to break the record set by His Holiness the Buddha. There hasn’t been even one person who could lift the Pestle to surpass their own base weight standard by 30 levels. Yet not only has H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said nothing about possessing holy physical power, rather, He said that His hand, legs, and back were sore from lifting the Pestle. He even said: “How can I be considered a holy person! I am an ordinary person just like everyone!” How magnificently great, selfless, and unselfish the true Buddha virtue of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is! More so, the declaration of His Holiness the Buddha to “never accept any offering in His lifetime and serve all living beings voluntarily” is unprecedented in the sāha world. It is not just a vow; His Holiness the Buddha does exactly as He vowed. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is truly the role model for Buddhists masters to emulate! Everyone should pay attention: Only selfish and mundane people will brag about themselves arrogantly and untruthfully and pretend to be a holy person.
You simply treat the standing of Holy Guru as child’s play. Thoughtlessly, you readily call a certain master a Shangzun or a Jiaozun. Having such absurd thinking, you are indeed full of evil views. How difficult it is for one to attain the status of a Shangzun or a Jiaozun! Kaichu Jiaozun, who is 88 years old, took the holy exam of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. His power was unmatched by other examinees and superior to all eminent monastics and greatly virtuous persons. He attained the qualification of a Holy Guru by surpassing His base weight standard by 16 levels, beyond the Level 10 standard of the World’s Strongest Man for Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. What kind of a concept is that? What a wonderful feat that is!
A Jiaozun who is almost 90 years old is already unrivaled, not to mention the world-shattering power of a Shangzun! People like you have such evil views that you truly have no sense of the immensity of the universe. You acknowledge a toddler as a strong man, and an eminent monastic as a Shangzun! Your thinking had become extremely disrespectful and frivolous when you made inquiry to the Headquarters about whether your master had attained the level of Shangzun through the exam. How could you ask such a question shamelessly? By how many levels did your master manage to surpass his own base standard in Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform? Or was he subpar? By how many levels did he surpass or fall below his base standard? Once you figure out the answer to these questions, then you will clearly know at what level your master is.
Be clear-headed! The Great Holy Guru status of a Shangzun is not to be taken lightly. How could there be that many Shangzuns or Jiaozuns? To tell you clearly, among the Dharma kings, rinpoches, eminent monastics, or great masters publicly propagating Dharma in the world now, none of them is a Shangzun. Keep this in mind, not even one! There is only one female Jiaozun who is publicly propagating Buddha Dharma.
A male Shangzun must at least be able to lift the Pestle onto the Platform and surpass His own base standard by 25 to 29 levels. You can determine whether anyone claiming to be a Holy Guru is truly a Shangzun by asking him to lift the Vajra Pestle or a barbell in any gym with one hand and hold it for 8 seconds. You can tell if he is a Shangzun just by this test. If his body weight is under 100 pounds and his age is above 86, he has to lift a 238-pound barbell onto the Platform in order to prove that he has the holy physical constitution and holy physical power of a Shangzun. In your inquiry, you said your master’s body weight is about 250 pounds and his age is about 50. He needs to lift a 340-pound pestle onto the Platform with one hand and hold it for 8 seconds to prove that he has the physical constitution, realization power, and status of a Shangzun. You mentioned that the other master weighs 187 pounds and is 53 years of age. He has to lift a 296-pound pestle onto the Platform with one hand to reach the status and realization power of a Jiaozun. Otherwise, he does not have the physical constitution of a Jiaozun.
Besides, the Headquarters has issued public announcements time and again to remind everyone that you must see clearly the grade level on the Dharma attire of any master or disciple, because that is the status they attained from having taken the exam. The attire of a Shangzun must have three Gold Buttons. The attire of a Jiaozun must have two Gold Buttons. The attire of a Ruzun must have one Gold Button. Anyone whose attire does not have any Gold Buttons is not a Holy Guru. Whoever pretends to be a Holy Guru by means of whatever tricks or cunning arguments, if there is no Gold Button on their Dharma attire, but they position themself to be a Holy Guru, then they are lying. They are at most an eminent monastic or a greatly virtuous person, but they have not attained the level of a Holy Guru.
If they are an eminent monastic or a greatly virtuous person, they must have three Blue Buttons and in addition, either five or six Black Buttons on their attire to bear the title Paramount Greatly Virtuous Person. People who can attain the level of Paramount Greatly Virtuous Person with three Blue Buttons and five Black Buttons are very rare. Those with three Blue Buttons plus one or two Black Buttons are very commonplace teachers. Even those who have three Blue Buttons and three Black Buttons can only be considered beneficent masters with good knowledge; they are not at the level of an eminent monastic or a greatly virtuous person. Moreover, all examinees have a certificate issued by the Headquarters with their photo, on which the grade level matches the status indicated by their Dharma attire. If the people you inquired about positioned themselves as Holy Gurus, you have to check the logo and ID numbers on their certificate and send the numbers to the Headquarters for verification. Then you will know whether they are a real or fake Holy Guru.
You must understand that the status of a Shangzun or a Jiaozun is extremely rare and precious, yet Buddhists disciples like you think very little of the Holy Gurus. When a Jiaozun, whose status is superior to eminent monastics and greatly virtuous people, comes to our Headquarters, all of us will pay respect and propriety, including burning incense to set Their seat, not to mention if a Shangzun were to arrive. When a Shangzun arrives, They will be greeted ceremoniously. Everyone must kneel down to respectfully greet Them with reverence and propriety, and present offerings.
The way you treat the Dharma and the Holy Gurus with disdain, and the stupidity in your head is unheard of. Members of the Group of Holy Gurus find you absolutely ridiculous. It proves that people like you are not listening to the recorded Dharma discourses seriously and you do not study the public announcements. That is why you have so pathetically fallen prey to deceptions. It doesn’t seem likely that your knowledge and views in other aspects would be correct either. We hope that you will quickly pick up your effort to learn, listen to the recorded Dharma discourses imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and understand the teachings therein, and also read and understand the public announcements. If you can truly put that to practice, then that would be your most wonderful good news.
As to who your master is, you don’t have to tell us, because there are innumerable ordinary people in this world pretending to be holy and they are not worth mentioning. Be mindful that all ordinary persons professing to be holy like to say they have attained the Five Vidyas but they have no clear proof of such accomplishments. A liar like that, who is ordinary claiming to be holy, would use all sorts of hyperbole to make their lies sound real. But this is only their mental attempt to confuse people with their words. In terms of physical constitution, there is nothing they can fabricate to deceive people. If they claim to be a Holy Guru, then they must have a holy physical constitution. Whether they call themself the incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha, the descending of Maitreya Bodhisattva, or the returning of Guru Padmasambhava, it is nothing but empty talk with no definitive confirmation. Simply let them perform the test of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform, then their true colors will be revealed.
Please give it some serious thought. If someone is an incarnation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, but does not have holy corporeity or holy physical power, their physical constitution and strength are just like that of an ordinary person, and they cannot even surpass the World’s Strongest Man for Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform, can they be a Holy Guru? Can they be the incarnation of a great Bodhisattva? They are but an ordinary person, a con artist, a liar, or an evildoer! The goal of such evildoers who pretend to be a Bodhisattva is to cheat people of their money by various means such as selling things, setting up seminars to collect fees, or asking people to pay a specific amount of money in exchange for transmission of some so-called methods of practice. You can see from their motives that they are essentially, through and through, typical charlatans; they are ordinary persons who cheat people of money out of greed. Because an ordinary person has the physical constitution of an ordinary person, the body of a fake holy person is that of an ordinary person with no holy corporeity or physical power. That’s why no matter how well someone manages to lie, such a person dares not mention Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform at all. If someone suggests it, they will for sure find excuses to avoid lifting the Pestle onto the Platform, because once he puts out his hand, his true colors as an ordinary person will be revealed at once and there will be no place for him to hide anymore. By that time, all his fabricated lies and recognition certificates will be of no use. He will desperately resort to serious slander. Why? Because Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform is an evil-revealing mirror. As an ordinary person pretending to be holy, what could they do except resort to slander? How would they find a way out? Therefore, no matter what, they would slander the Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform at any rate to cover their shame.
On February 9, 2020, the Exam of Lifting the Pestle onto Platform was held for Buddhist disciples to test their physical constitution and holy realization power in the Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha at the Holy Miracles Temple, USA. There were three Vajra Pestles at the exam site on that day and a barbell with weight adjustment. The special class Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle weighs 434.8 pounds; the exam barbell weights 280 pounds; the Vajra Pestle used by the World’s Strongest Man for Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform weighs 248 pounds; and the Toddler Pestle weighs 200 pounds. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was the supremely honored noble guest who had been respectfully invited to observe the exam proceeding. It turned out the Holy Gurus in the Exam Division of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters had set up a difficult problem. The congregation beseeched H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III repeatedly to resolve the conundrum. For the sake of enabling the exam to proceed, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III resolved the situation by lifting the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle off the Holy Seat with one hand and held it for 13 seconds, surpassing His base standard by 59 levels.
When the innate Buddha level holy power of His Holiness the Buddha was manifested, heaven and earth were awed, and ghosts and Gods were moved. All kinds of Dharma-protecting beings arrived to pay their respect and congratulations. A sudden outburst of winds started gusting and roaring. The wind pulled out the big tents of more than a 100-person capacity inside the courtyard, as well as the tables and chairs inside the tent. Many of the 3-inch thick steel poles supporting the tents were also bent. Nothing like that had ever happened before. Concomitant to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III manifesting holy power, the earth has shaken. It is such a holy miracle unprecedented in history! There were about 100 people participating in the Dharma assembly of the exam on that day, including Tsui LeiTat (徐蒞達) and Jin Yanping (金豔萍) who personally witnessed the holy power of His Holiness the Buddha. An attorney was appointed to witness and validate facts of the proceeding, and reporters were invited to observe.
Tsui and Jin were interested to explore whether, among the world’s population of 7.7 billion people including strongmen and Bodhisattvas, if anyone other than a true Buddha can lift the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle and hold it for 13 seconds to surpass their own base weight standard by 59 levels. They announced to the world their pledge to give a reward of US$20 million to whoever can break the record set by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in surpassing His own base weight standard by 59 levels. Their Statement on the Pledge was notarized by the Governments of Los Angeles County and the State of California and published in print media and the Internet. So far, no one in the world has been able to break the record of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform set by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There hasn’t been one person who can demonstrate the physical constitution and strength of a Jiaozun, a middle-level Holy Guru. How incredible is a true Holy Guru! Would anyone be so ridiculous to readily and randomly put the titles and status of Holy Gurus on people the way you did? Buddhist disciples, are you still going to believe in people who only have empty talk? Isn’t it about time you think thrice, or at least twice, before believing in what they say?
Please note that in the statement published by Tsui LeiTat and Jin Yanping in the newspapers, it was said that the weight of the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle lifted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was 420 pounds. At the time when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III lifted the Pestle, a monastic said that it weighed 420 pounds, and as a result, that was the weight reported by the press. After the attorney personally used different scales to measure the weight and verified it on site, it was confirmed that the correct weight of the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle is 434.8 pounds. The actual level that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III achieved was surpassing His own base weight standard by 59 levels, not 56 levels as reported in the news media. The Statement of Witness by the attorney is attached.
World Buddhism Association Headquarters
April 13, 2020
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February 12, 2020 (Los Angeles)
In the Great Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha at the Holy Miracles Temple, a Dharma Assembly about the true realization power of Buddha Dharma was held: The Exam of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. The purpose of this exam is to verify how the true realization power of Buddhist cultivators learning from Buddha to cultivate themselves changed the degree of the physical conditions of their bodies. Unexpectedly, this Exam inadvertently required the involvement of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III who was compelled and could not decline the request to resolve a difficult situation.
What is meant by Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform? Vajra pestles are commonly found in shops selling cultural relics and antiques. These pestles range from 10 to 400 jins, equivalent to approximately 11 to 440 pounds. This kind of huge pestle is from Tibet; they are called Platform Pestles. They come in different styles such as the Phurba Pestle, Five-pronged Pestle, Nine-pronged Pestle, Kalachakra Vajra Pestle, Yamataka Vajra Pestle, Guhyasamâja Vajra Pestle, and more. Some Platform Pestles were made during the Era of Sutra, Illusion and Mind at the Early Propagation Period. Some Platform Pestles of correct standard were made based on the system revamped by Guru Padmasambhava during the Later Propagation Period. People commonly regard these as art objects. Rarely do people know that the pestles were in fact used for directly testing practitioners’ realization power from practicing true or false Buddha Dharma in ancient time. Those who were tested were required to lift the vajra pestle off the ground, hold it for a required duration of time and then place the pestle onto the platform. This kind of test is called Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform.
Proven by real practice, using one hand to lift a Platform Pestle is extremely difficult. Someone who can lift 1,000 jins (approximately 1,100 pounds) with two hands cannot even lift 300 jins (approximately 330 pounds) off the ground with one hand. According to the Dharma rules, each person has a weight standard that they have to reach based on their respective age and body weight. One who reaches their standard is called a Healthy Physique Man. Exceeding the level of Healthy Physique Man is surpassing the standard. Going below the level of Healthy Physique Man is subpar. There are a total of 30 levels above, and five levels below.
Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform is the most scientific testing mechanism for verifying whether a person is of ordinary physical condition or possesses the composition of a holy person. The physical composition and condition of a holy person is completely different from that of an ordinary person. Both have the appearance of a person. However, their inner properties are completely different. Just like a pigeon and an eagle. They have the same appearance of a bird, but their inner properties and their strength are vastly different. Such differences naturally exist. A professional strong man trains himself every day, and only after 10 or up to 20 years is he able to become a strong man of exceptionally strong physique. However, his physique is strengthened due to cumulative practices. The essential quality of his physique has not changed. He is unable to transform the physique or functions of an ordinary person and cannot become liberated from the ordinary to become holy. A holy one who has learned and practiced true Buddha Dharma can surpass the physical condition and strength of a strong man of great strength by many times.
One who surpasses their weight standard by 12 to 19 levels is an elementary level Holy Guru, by 20 to 25 levels is a mid-level Holy Guru and surpassing 26 to 29 levels is a Great Holy Guru. When one surpasses the maximum level of 30, one is a Tremendously Great Holy Guru and a Vajra King of Great Strength. Normally, it is very difficult for an ordinary man of good strength to surpass two to three levels. A national level strong man can surpass up to nine levels. A world-class strong man can surpass 10 levels, but not beyond that. The holy strength generated by the body of a holy person is absolutely not something anyone with the physique of an ordinary person can hope to attain. This is especially true for lifting the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle “Onto the Golden Step,” or “Off the Holy Seat.” Lifting the weight of such a level will cause the bones, tendons, and muscles of an ordinary person to break down and their joints to break apart. One must have the physique and strength of a Tremendously Great Holy Guru in order to lift the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle. We have personally seen the strongest man in Asia Long Wu perform Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. Although he broke his fingers and bled while doing so, he did eventually surpass 10 levels and was awarded the golden belt of Grand Master of Strength, World’s Strongest Man for Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. That was terrific.
On February 9, there was a huge vajra pestle of 420 pounds inside the Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha at the Holy Miracles Temple. That was the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle that was placed on the Golden Step during a Dharma Assembly held two days earlier by Holy Gurus. Other than Tremendously Great Holy Gurus, no one in this world has ever been able to lift it one bit. Since the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle was already placed onto the Golden Step, the Exam of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform could not be conducted. This was because according to the Dharma rules, when this Pestle is on the Golden Step, the Vajra Hook cannot be used to lift any pestle. Otherwise, it is against the rules. Everyone was very worried and all those who have good physical strength came forward, but no one was able to lift that Pestle off the Holy Seat with one hand. They used their utmost effort to lift this Pestle off the Golden Step, but the Pestle did not move one bit. The Dharma Assembly could not proceed. It happened that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III had accepted a respectful request to make His presence at this Dharma Assembly to observe the proceedings. Everyone then beseeched H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to resolve this difficult situation.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said: “From the beginning, I have disagreed with your conducting this exam. After all this time, all those who were tested were but ordinary people. How many of them are elementary level Holy Gurus? They are not Holy Gurus, they could not surpass more than 10 levels! Let whoever put this pestle onto the Golden Step take it down.” The Dharma masters replied that it was placed up there by a Holy Monk. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said: “This is absolutely a mischief. Isn’t this a deliberate intention to make things difficult? He clearly knew that you have to take the Exam today, yet He deliberately set up such a difficult barrier here! Let Him take it down!” The Dharma masters said that this Holy Monk had already left yesterday to propagate Dharma in another state. Reluctantly, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III ascended to the Dharma platform and said: “I did not come to take part in your activities here to lift the pestle, I am just helping you. I will give it a try. I don’t know yet whether I am able to help you bring the pestle down.
After saying that, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III went in front of the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle, and lifted the Vajra Pestle off the Holy Seat with one hand, the Golden Step was removed in accordance with the Dharma rules. At that time, the disciples were tremendously shocked that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, who only weighs between 100 and 200 pounds, have lifted a Vajra Pestle of 420 pounds that even the World’s Strongest Man with a body weight of more than 300 pounds could not lift, surpassing 56 levels. The holy physique and holy strength of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III stuns the world!
Although the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle was lifted off the Golden Step, there was another 280-pound exam pestle on another Golden Step on the floor. This pestle also had to be lifted off the Golden Step before the Exam could go forward. In fact, everyone knew that no one on site could lift this pestle with one hand off the Golden Step. Even the Strongest Man in Asia Lu Xiao could only lift the weight of 226 pounds at his maximum limit the prior December. Today, all the strong men on site enthusiastically came forward to lift this Vajra Pestle. Among these people were some who could lift 700-800 pounds with two hands in a normal weightlifting competition. Surprisingly, they could not lift 280 pounds with one hand today. In the end, only H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha IIIwas able to lift this pestle off the Golden Step with one hand. The Dharma Assembly of the Exam was finally able to proceed.
This unexpected incident that happened before the exam has brought a mysterious and surprisingly joyful discovery. In turns out the rejuvenation achieved by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha IIIwas not limited to the physical appearance, but also included the inner properties. The youthful qualities of His Holiness the Buddha are very many times more than that of young people.
Kaichu Jiaozun of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters, a disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, said, “I dare say for certain here, except for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III who has such holy power, any Dharma king, great rinpoche or Dharma master in this world cannot even think about lifting the Supreme Holy Vajra Pestle one bit!” Kaichu Jiaozun has never practiced any kind of exercises or strength training to improve His physical well-being or learned any martial arts. He is simply a scholarly person who cultivates His conduct, practices meditation and Dharma. This elderly Holy Guru is only two years from 90 years old, and His body weight is less than 190 pounds. Three of His fingers are deformed due to an old injury. Yet surprisingly, He was able to use his crippled hand to lift an Elementary Level Holy Person Pestle onto the Platform according to the Dharma rules, surpassing 16 levels. It is proven that a holy person who has attained a high level of realization does possess supernormal physical condition and strength. Ten years ago, this elderly Holy Guru publicly demonstrated His inner strength from practicing Corpse Pose Tummo Concentration Dharma transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. His abdomen emits heat reaching 92 degrees Celsius and an egg that was placed on His abdomen was cooked. Surprisingly, at the age of 88 now, He was able to lift the Vajra Pestle with one hand and surpassed the strongest man in Asia Lu Xiao by 14 levels. Can this be done by a human being? It can only be said that this is a god!
People attending the Dharma Assembly unanimously recognized that Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform is the most direct testing mechanism to distinguish between true and false Buddha Dharma, or true and false holy ones. It can be clearly seen who is an ordinary person and who is a holy one simply by means of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform. What is most incomprehensible is why the physique and strength of professional strong men, who do strength training every day, would be incomparable to that of someone who does none of that strength training but only cultivates His conduct and practices meditation?
For example, Lu Xiao represented China in the World’s Strongest Man Competition in Malaysia and won the Championship in November 2014. In 2017, he pulled a 184-ton train forward for 20 meters in a New Year’s Gala that was broadcast on TV in Liaoning. On December 27, 2019, at the age of 36 and with the body weight of 350 pounds, he lifted the Pestle onto the Platform in Shenyang, and successfully surpassed his standard by two levels. Yet an elderly Holy Buddhist Guru who is almost 90 years old, and with a body weight between 180 and 190 pounds, was able to surpass Lu Xiao by 14 levels! His Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, is even more inconceivable. Except for one with the innate quality of a Buddha, who could have achieved that? Believe it or not, the fact is right there. No tricks could be used. That was a direct lift of an actual weight. Other than marveling at and recognizing the profundity of Buddha Dharma power, what else can we say? Through this event, the fulcrum supporting all that ambiguous, mystical and empty talks throughout Buddhist history is finally broken. The truth has been revealed through the real fact!
During my childhood, I always heard my elder-generation relatives saying, “We had better not to marry our daughters out. Otherwise, they may have a bad fate.”
I was always puzzled by their saying so. As I grew up in life, I saw the way of life between husband and wife among my elder-generation relatives. Their life is busy at home and busy with their children every day. After getting married, the husband and wife lack common interests and their relationship gradually turns into a relation like two parallel lines within the family. All day long they turn around and are occupied by the necessities of daily life. I gradually understood why the elder relatives would say so. Upon stepping into society, I cautiously remembered the advices from my elder relatives and even feared leading such a life.
I first met my companion during a social occasion. We did not immediately establish a contact after that. Sometime later, we connected again. I was just in a period of feeling lost in my life, having worked in society for two to three years. Because of lack of care to myself, warning signs appeared in my health. Seeing my classmates at school stepping into family life, I admire them very much. However, I also recalled the words spoken by my elder relatives about caution against a bad fate through marriage. I retreated again.
One day, an elder relative told me that everything is due to causality. Our getting ill is also due to causality. My mind was shaken by the words. It seemed that I found the answers to the puzzle I had toward my own life and to the warning signs in my health. While thinking of how to solve these issues, I went to the gate of a famous temple and stayed there for about five minutes. During this brief period of time, I recalled my experience from childhood when I was led by my elder relatives to come and chant sutras. I was told that if I follow the crowd to pay homage, I will be blessed. That experience did not leave me with a good impression. I did not feel that doing so could solve my issues of causality. So, I turned around and left.
Six months later, I met my companion again. That day, he invited me to go to the Buddha hall to respectfully listen to the recorded Dharma discourses expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The Dharma discourse we listened to is “Do You Clearly Believe in the Law of Cause and Effect?” What I heard was like a round of loud thunder. I finally found the answer. Everything I have today is due to the causes I planted in the past. Although I did not have a complete understanding yet, I no longer had fear and felt lost. I also gradually knew what I should do through respectfully reading “What Is Cultivation?” expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The following passages from this Dharma expounded by His Holiness the Buddha caused me to benefit deeply, “Cultivation is cultivating the increase of good karma and cultivating the avoidance of bad karma. It is increasing good karmic conditions, planting good causes, and reaping good effects. It is avoiding the increase of bad karmic conditions, not planting bad causes, and avoiding the reaping of bad effects.” “The Law of Cause and Effect does not err. It cannot be eliminated. To say that it can is to take a nihilistic point of view. Hence, we can only build a wall of good karma, which is like building a retaining wall. This wall of good karma has the effect of blocking us from our evil karma. Thus, only through learning from the Buddha, cultivating the conduct of the Buddha, and ultimately becoming a Buddha can we thoroughly liberate ourselves from the karma (cause and effect) that binds us to the cycles of reincarnations. “
In 2014 we decided to get married and have our honeymoon in the United States to attend Buddhist events. We became husband and wife under such karmic conditions. Because we are respectfully listening to the recorded Dharma discourses expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III together, we have the same idea on many things and mutually have a lot of accommodations and understandings. Such an outcome completely broke the prophecy of having a bad fate from a marriage that I heard in my childhood.
I am grateful to the compassionate blessing from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. That enabled me to find my life companion. On the other hand, my companion caused me to establish my karmic connection with the true Dharma of Tathagatas.
I am grateful to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Buddhist Disciple: Duanfama, in prostration
I prostrate to Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!
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The Explanation of the Buddha’s Title – “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III”
On April 3, 2008, a solemn and dignified first-publishing ceremony of a fact-recording book entitled H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, which published jointly by the World Buddhism Publishing LLC and the World Dharma Voice, Inc., was held at the Library of the Congress of the United States. The book was also formally accepted into the collection of the Library of the Congress of the United States. Only since that time, did people in the world know that Master Wan Ko Yee, who had been broadly respected by the great masses and who had also been known as Great Dharma King Yangwo Yeshe Norbu, had been recognized by the world’s leaders, regent dharma kings, and great rinpoches of Buddhism through official documents as the third incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha, who is the primordial Sambhogakaya Buddha of the universe. The Buddha’s name is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Since then, people began to address His Holiness the Buddha by “Namo[1] Dorje Chang Buddha III.” This is similar to the situation that Sakyamuni Buddha’s name was Prince Siddhartha Gotama before attaining Buddhahood. However, after Sakyamuni Buddha had attained Buddhahood, His title changed to “Namo Sakyamuni Buddha.” That is why we now address His Holiness the Buddha as “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.”
In particular, on December 12, 2012, the Senate Resolution No. 614 of the United States Congress officially used “His Holiness” in the name addressing Dorje Chang Buddha III (That is to say, “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.”) Since then, the title and status of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been definitive by nature. And, as a matter of fact, “Dorje Chang Buddha III” is a name used legally in governmental and official legislative documents. Therefore, the previously used respected name and titles such as “Wan Ko Yee,” Great Master, and Great Dharma King no longer exist.
However, the news below was published before the Buddha’s title of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was publicly announced. At that time, people did not know about the true status of His Holiness the Buddha. Therefore, to respect the true history, we still kept the names used before the title of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was legitimately determined in republishing this news. However, all must clearly know that the only legitimate name of His Holiness the Buddha is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and all other names used before the legitimate determination no longer exist.
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MAY 31 -June 2, 2000 TALIBA MID-WEEK EDITION ASIAN EXAMINER 13
Painting commands price that shocked the world
UNIQUE ART Collections International Co., Ltd., on May 28thauctioned off Master Wan Ko Yee’s (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) painting titled “Majesty”, which an art collector purchased through a competitive bid of NT$59,000,000 (roughly US$1,960,000).
Wan Ko Yee (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) is a great artists whose paintings cannot be matched by anyone in this day and age. China exhibited eleven of his paintings in an international at exhibition in Philadelphia in 1978. In its desire to display more than two hundred of Wan Ko Yee’s paintings, the Mainland Chinese government built a huge art museum — the first of its kind in Chinese history.
Master Wan Ko Yee (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) is not only a famous artist, he is also a leader in the world of art. When he was 20 years old, he was the head of the Chinese Painting Research Division of the China Education, Science and Culture Organization. This is a high level organization within art circles in China and its leaders include people such as Chou Ying-Nan, Wu Zhang-Shu, Qian Jun-Tao, Xie Zhi-Liako, Liang Shu-Ming, Wan Lai-Ming and Cang Ke-Jia.
In the entire history of Chinese painting, no other great painter was able to master the amount of artistic skills, the variety of different styles and the diversity of subject matter which Master Wan Ko Yee (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) has mastered. He can paint landscapes, people and other objects, animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects by using the meticulous brushwork style or by using the freehand brushwork style. Whichever style he uses, his paintings are always elegant, grand and full of life.
Master Wan Ko Yee’s (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) skills have reached the highest level in the world when it comes to ink and wash paintings. Thus, in 1991, the World Poets and Culture Congress conferred upon him the title of “Master of Oriental Art” along with a medal. ln 1994, this same Congress conferred upon him the title of the world’s only “Distinguished International Master” — the highest position possible and is on the same level of honor as a head of state.
The Master is also an ethicist. His books include Selected Philosophical Saying of Master Wan Ko Yee (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III). He is a singer. There are 14 tapes and CDs containing his songs. And he is a scientist. He has developed two green teas called “Ba Wang Chun” and “Bi Yu Chun”, the best quality teas in the world.
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In the afternoon of March 6, 2019, peals of thunder could be heard rumbling above the sky of the Holy Miracles Temple, sounding like giant earthquakes and landslides. The rain came pouring down rapidly. The Grand Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha at the Holy Miracles Temple was crowded with nearly a thousand Buddhists from all over the world. Holding khatas with both hands, they kneeled to respectfully and sincerely welcome the greatly accomplished holy guru, Wangzha Shangzun.
Wangzha Shangzun is a great holy guru who has attained the level of Gold Button Grade 3. In this lifetime, He has followed H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to learn Buddha-Dharma and has attained tremendous accomplishment in holy realization. The Shangzun is considered the one and only Venerable King of Extraordinary Strength within the field of Buddhism throughout the entire world. He once conducted the Vajra Fa-man Holy Selection Grand Dharma Assembly during which He performed the Determination by Holy Selection in accordance with the Dharma and arrived at the determination that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the true incarnation of the primordial Buddha.
In 2016, Wangzha Shangzun personally presided over the holy exam held by the World Buddhism Association Headquarters for Dharma kings, rinpoches, Dharma masters, masters, and acaryas around the world. In establishing the Samsara Eight-Wind Array and Vajra Array, and with his holy realization, the Shangzun determined through Holy Selection the grade levels—the levels of accomplishment—of nearly 10,000 Buddhists. That astounded the world!
The Shangzun is, however, indifferent towards fame and fortune. In the past few years, He devoted himself to Dharma affairs of saving living beings. He rarely sees regular Buddhists except for seeing a very small number of high-level Buddhists. With the near-completion of the Dipankara Buddha Hall in the Holy Miracles Temple, and upon repeated requests by the monastics of the temple, the Shangzun has finally agreed to go to the Dipankara Buddha Hall periodically to chant sutras and mantras, to perform Dharmas, to pray for and bless faithful Buddhists who light lamps to beseech blessings. It was only under this karmic condition that the Shangzun agreed to publicly meet with Buddhists regardless of their level of accomplishment.
In the evening of March 6, Wangzha Shangzun arrived at Holy Miracles Temple. He walked with firm and stately pace as if a Vajra deity was descending to a mandala. A huge Vajra scepter which weighs about 1,000 jin (approximately 1,100 pounds) was placed in front of the entrance of the Grand Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha. According to the ancient Dharma rules in the time of Guru Padmasambhava, any great holy guru who attained the level of Gold Button Grade 3 must lift the temple-barrier Vajra scepter—the weight of which corresponds with the body weight and age of the holy guru—before they can stride over the scepter and enter the Buddha Hall. This Dharma rule is meant to verify if the Shangzun’s physical condition is healthy and if He has attained the standard of having transcended the ordinary. The rule requires Wangzha Shangzun to lift a 1,000 jin temple-barrier Vajra scepter before He can enter the Grand Hall to pay homage to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
Wangzha Shangzun has a Vajra-like physique that is tall and grand, and an appearance that is very dignified. He went up to the temple-barrier Vajra scepter, bent over, and lifted up the 1,000 jin Vajra scepter effortlessly, manifesting the mighty character of a Vajra deity. When He put the Vajra scepter back on the floor, the ground and the hall instantly shook and the congregation was astounded. Subsequently, Shangzun gracefully strode over the Vajra scepter and entered the Grand Hall. He prostrated to His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha IIIas he spoke these words with utter sincerity, “I, disciple Wangzha, prostrate myself before the great Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III!” With his back bent and head bowed, He slowly came in front of His Holiness the Buddha. His Holiness the Buddha placed His hand on the Shangzun’s head. Afterwards, the Shangzun retreated to the side and ascended to His seat. He addressed the congregation, “Buddhist disciples, I’m very happy to see you here today. I’m happy because you have the karmic affinity in this lifetime to meet Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III. Thus, you’ll be able to learn the authentic Buddha Dharma, the unaltered and pristine Dharma. Because of this, you will be able to attain accomplishment within this lifetime. So of course, I’m very happy.”
Wangzha Shangzun blessed everyone in the congregation by placing His hand on each of their heads before He left. This went on until very late at night.
After the Shangzun left, Buddhist disciples were unable to hold back their curiosity about the 1,000 jin Vajra scepter. Many came forward to try lifting it. A body-builder and weight-lifter also gave it a try. Certainly, it is obvious that no matter how much strength they exerted, they were unable to lift it, and everyone shook their head when they resume standing. They were not even able to move it, not to say lift it. Two people tried to jointly lift one end, but the Vajra scepter did not move a bit. No wonder Shangzun is called the Venerable King of Extraordinary Strength.
Kankun Rinpoche, the attendant of Wangzha Shangzun, said, “On this planet earth, among all Dharma kings and rinpoches, you cannot find anyone who can lift the temple-barrier Vajra scepter. There are no temple-barrier Vajra scepters in front of their Grand Buddha Halls because this is a sharp weapon that exposes the nature of ordinary people. If they are not truly great holy people, do they dare to place a temple-barrier Vajra scepter in front of their Buddha Halls? Why? The reason is simple. True Buddha-Dharma has already become extinct. What people have learned are fragmented empty theories. No matter how reputable some of the Dharma kings or rinpoches are, or how high their status may be, their physical bodies are essentially sickly and weak. How can they have any holy qualities in their bodies? How could they have a Vajra body developed from true Buddha-Dharma? The only place to witness true realization power is right here where Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III is. Only Wangzha Shangzun, a close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, has truly attained realization powers manifested from the authentic Dharma of the Tathagatas. I dare say some of those Tibetan Dharma Kings who brag about their lineages and talk empty theories are very pitiful. They do all sorts of useless things to fool amateurs. Even though they pose to look energetic when ascending to the Dharma dais, their bodies are weak and sickly. They are tormented by their illnesses yet they continue to make up empty lies, and even fabricate false Buddha-Dharma. Since cultivators do not look for facts and only listen to empty talk, it is not surprising that they are being swindled! This is precisely the Dharma-ending age that Shakyamuni Buddha talked about where the demons prevail, Buddha-Dharma declines, and practitioners are often harmed. To cover up the fact that they are by nature ordinary people, some Dharma kings or rinpoches might say, ‘Our lineage places no emphasis on that!’ I am saying you can only deceive idiots. Whether or not you place emphasis on that, if you claim that you are a holy person and you have transcended the ordinary to become holy, why doesn’t your body have the great strength of a holy person? The undeniable facts are that you have no physical strength and your physical body is weak and sickly. Isn’t that true? If you disagree, show everyone that you can pick up the temple-barrier Vajra scepter! Just as with the Five Vidyas. Many people pretend to have Five Vidyas, but ultimately, where are their Five Vidyas? Can they show their Vidyas one by one? What level of accomplishment do they have in their Vidyas? They have nothing! Shakyamuni Buddha stipulated that a Bodhisattva must have Five Vidyas, yet you are deficient in the Five Vidyas, and without any level of accomplishment. You are clearly not a great Bodhisattva. By claiming to be a Bodhisattva, you are going against the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. You are simply an ordinary person and not a Bodhisattva at all!”
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I was a factory worker in the past. In 1993, a co-worker had to go home to help plant his family’s wheat crop. His leave request was not approved by the shift leader. So, I went to cover him.
When looking at his work in the past, I thought I should be able to do it. In reality, it was not that simple. I was not skillful in operating the machine. The machine pulled my right hand in. When I dragged the arm out, I had no flesh in my hand and arm, only a long, bare bone left.
The doctor at the hospital took a look and told me that I must have amputation. The upper arm bone was fractured; however, he could reconnect it back.
When I slowly woke up from the surgery, I saw that my entire right arm…, my right arm was like, so short , only 5, 6 cm long.
Actually, the doctor had told me very clearly before the surgery that the amputation would only be limited to my hand. This is just not fair at all. I was furious. How could he be a doctor? What medical ethics did he have?
I cried my heart out at that time. I got very upset. I did not even want to go out of my room. I got a room from the company. I didn’t go out at all and felt that it would be embarrassed to go out and see people. Why do I get such bad luck?
I was depressed all day long and also could not get along with my wife. I would smash bowls or chopsticks whenever things didn’t go my way. That happened a lot. When I popped open a bottle of white wine, I would have a big, long gulp. In one morning, I could almost finish a bottle with only a few drops left. I buried myself in the alcohol at home. Once I am drunk, I lose my temper. I almost had a mental breakdown and lost confidence in my life.
It started out from doing a favor, to help out my co-worker. How did it make me to become a handicapped person? How could such a thing happen to me? Even the hospital mistreated me in that way. The whole society did not treat me fairly. I also didn’t see justice from the Heavenly God…….
One day, my daughter told me: “Father, I will take you to a Buddhist center. Go learn Buddhism. Buddhism will be good for you, and for our family. Chant “Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!”
“What did you tell me to chant?”I said, “I have only heard about Amitabha Buddha. Why didn’t I know about H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III?”
Starting from that day,I would head to the Buddhist center and then listened to the Dharma discourses every day.I started to learn Buddhism at the Buddhist center. I listened to the discourse on the Law of Cause and Effect. I listened to many pre-recorded dharma discourses, such as The Dharma to Cut Off the Twenty Worldly Emotions, etc.
Eventually I understood that everything is a result of the Law of Cause and Effect.
I listened to The Dharma to Cut Off the Twenty Worldly Emotions a few more times. I also listened more times to the discourse on the Law of Cause and Effect.
I gradually realized that the loss of my right arm was not without a cause. Whether in my past lifetimes or in this lifetime, I have harmed so many living beings. This bit of suffering is what I deserve. When I took the lives of other living beings in the past, I caused them sufferings.
Through the learning, I slowly understood the truth about the Law of Cause and Effect. The hatred in my mind also gradually vanished.
Every day I did prostrations and listened to the dharma at the Buddhist center. I then made a resolve.
Since I have learned and understood the truth of the Law of Cause and Effect, I will now repent to all the living beings I have killed or harmed. I will repent to them. With the utmost respect, in front of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I will repent with my most pious heart.
I will do 100,000 prostrations for repentance. In less than four months, I completed 100,000 prostrations. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III told us, only cultivation can transform the Law of Cause and Effect.
The retribution I am receiving right now is caused by what I have done in many lifetimes and eons ago. From now on, I will follow and learn from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and cultivate myself.
As long as I plant good causes. I will definitely get good fruition in the future. I am determined to follow and learn from the Buddha and cultivate myself until I attain accomplishment.
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Please see below the answer of whose work is the best among
Vincent van Gogh, Qi Baishi, and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
I have spent more than 60 years of my professional life in the field of painting. During the many decades of practice and experiences, I have come to know many famous painters. That is especially the case since I became the Head Consultant for authenticating paintings and calligraphy at the National Museum of China in Beijing. As an appraiser and authentication officer of paintings and calligraphy, the bulk of my work is to verify the authenticity of Eastern and Western paintings. I have reviewed tens of thousands of famous paintings, especially the rare and precious works of the maestro Vincent van Gogh of the Netherlands, and those of the champion of Eastern paintings, Qi Baishi of China.
Both Van Gogh and Qi Baishi were great world-renowned masters in art. One represented the apex of Western art and the other was a master of an extreme class in the field of Eastern paintings. Both artists had drawn from the essence of the classical traditions of their respective cultures. They created new styles of art and new ways of seeing the universe. They broke new grounds and became pioneers of new eras, each becoming a creative guru of his time, developing a distinct style of his own and leading new trends that inspired later generations. Their works reflect the different essences of the Eastern and Western traditions. To what extent can their works influence the artistic civilization of the world? What kind of artistry did they achieve that made them upright monuments in art history and admired by so many people?
Some art critics compared the works of Van Gogh and Qi Baishi to see which of them reached a higher level of accomplishment. They concluded that both have their own merit, both are undefeated champions in the art and both reached the pinnacle of artistry. Recently, some art critics also brought up the oil painting Sunflowers and the ink-wash painting Sunflowers, both created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, and gave them rave reviews. They went on to compare the works by Vincent van Gogh and Qi Baishi with the works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, trying to establish which of the three artists is the champion of the champions. The result of comparing the works by Van Gogh, Qi Baishi and H.H Dorje Chang Buddha III is tremendously inspiring.
Ever since the Renaissance, Western artists had placed emphases on rational analysis and the realist portrayal of forms. They used light, texture and details to present the realistic, three-dimensional perspective. A few centuries later, Van Gogh rejected the monotony of such use of light and shadow and the realistic portrayal of figures. He pioneered the movement of impressionism that suited him well by applying a mix of colorful, brilliant, splendid and vigorous brushstrokes. He became a great master of his time and his name was forever etched onto the monument of Western civilization and art.
Whenever people think of Van Gogh, they think of his unique character, the sparkles in his eyes that emit lightning, his vigor and his incessant pursuit of inspiration in art without any regard to external hardships. Van Gogh was an artist by birth. He was of exceptional confidence and was somewhat neurotic. Having such traits, he pursued the art that he loved without any reservation or hesitation. He loved his works and regarded everything else with disdain. He preferred to be a loner in the world and did not care to make acquaintance of other painters of his time. His works are full of luminous colors, the brushstrokes are like rising winds and racing clouds in the sky. In his art, he depicted pasture, figures, flowers and other subject matters with brisk colors. Every brushstroke was transformed from his inner emotions. Such emotions were fully and colorfully captured in his Self-Portrait as well as in the transcendental Sunflowers that he painted. These works contain an animated spirit that is deeply moving.
From Van Gogh’s artistic spirit and intent, we can detect that he was profoundly knowledgeable about Chinese ink-wash paintings. Precisely because of this, while depicting forms and applying colors, he employed the skills of using the center tip of the brush and parallel brushstrokes. His Still Life with Bible was created with parallel brushstrokes. In his Self-Portrait, he portrayed his face filled with lines and plaques that are extraordinary. It is not hard for us to discover that he drew inspirations from the substance and essence of Chinese painting in those brushstrokes. That is why Van Gogh is such a distinguished, unparalleled artist of his time and his works are superior to those by the other Western oil painters such as Cezanne, Gauguin or Picasso of the same era.
Van Gogh’s artistic style was closely linked not only to Chinese civilization in the East, but also to the classical Renaissance art, Pointillism, German Expressionism, and Impressionism in the West. Toward the end of his life, he came into oneness with the universe and immersed himself in a carefree state of mind to “follow wherever nature might lead.” As such, he was no longer aware of his own existence. In his mind, there was only the art and the universe. “Following where the nature may lead” is the essence of the ideology of the Chinese philosopher Laozi. Van Gogh cut off his ear with a knife. He lost himself completely in painting. That was his unspoken resentment and rejection of the unfair treatment imposed on him by the society.
Qi Baishi was profoundly knowledgeable about impressionist, fauvist, and realist paintings. By adopting the essence of Western painting and incorporating the traditional spirit of Eastern art, he developed his unique style and became the master of Chinese painting of the twentieth century. His brushstrokes were solid and poised, evincing a sense of power that went all the way through the paper. Using sheep-hair brushes, he elicited calligraphic skills to create his paintings. Qi Baishi’s lines are bold and robust, embodying a forceful spirit that can move mountains. At the same time, these lines are flexible, sturdy and round, with similar qualities to the lines of wire-drawing. His compositions emerged naturally from the spontaneous movement of the brushes. Such compositions are accompanied by vigorous calligraphy resembling the strength, power and fluidity of stone inscriptions.
The artistic concept of spontaneously “following where nature may lead” is precisely derived from Laozi’s philosophy and the artistic civilization of the Chinese ethnicity. Qi Baishi favored the use of white space in his paintings. The white space in black-and-white Chinese ink-wash paintings is considered a solid color. Ink can be differentiated in nine shades (or five shades according to ancient Chinese text.) That is to say, the white of the paper per se and the black of the ink are all considered as colors. There is a sense of meticulous precision in the artworks by Qi Baishi. He depicted insects such as grasshoppers, mantises and butterflies in meticulous and vividly colorful ways. In some of his artworks, the artist was able to express his ideas by putting down just a few brushstrokes without any conscious intent, while arriving at a state of oblivion of his own existence. Anything depicted by his brushes was vivid and vibrant, with the subject matter coming alive on the paper. There is an aura that moves our heart and soul. All in all, Qi Baishi’s paintings were executed with a confident brushwork that naturally achieved a kind of childlike charm.
Recently, some people compared the works by Van Gogh and Qi Baishi with the works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to see whose works are more superior and outstanding, or will have a broader and more far-reaching influence on later generations. I have viewed quite a lot of the artworks by Van Gogh, Qi Baishi and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I started the study and appreciation of the paintings by Qi Baishi under the enlightening guidance of my teacher when I was 9, and when I was 14, I began to study and appreciate the works by Van Gogh. It has since been several decades!
At the same time, since I have admired the art of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for a long time, to satisfy my desire and wishes I flew from New York to San Francisco to visit the International Art Museum of America, and to Los Angeles to visit the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum in order to see their collections. I was profoundly impressed by the architecture of both museums which is grand and dignified. Both museums have a collection of the authentic works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There are various artworks that are created with different kinds of material. Some are bold and forthright, some are charmingly meticulous and astounding. The oeuvre is not made up of just one single style.
Yet, the only artwork that was not available for viewing is the Sunflowers painted by H.H Dorje Chang Buddha III. When I hear that some art critics are comparing the works by Van Gogh and Qi Baishi with the works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, I naturally feel, from my experience of having studied the works by Van Gogh and Qi Baishi for a number of decades, that although their artistry are similar in levels, it is possible to say who is the best if we are just to compare the sunflowers painted by the three artists, when we include in the compositions, colors, brushwork, lines, vitality, spirit and so on. With all these elements in consideration, it is possible to do the comparison and conclude who painted the best, or in other words, whose works can bring the most joy and delight to people, or whose art will be most influential to the philosophy, artistic concept and entire civilization of this world.
Therefore, without any ambiguity, we concluded. In terms of character and morality, Van Gogh would be the last of the three. In terms of level of skills, Qi Baishi would also be ahead of Van Gogh, who is, however, already the cream of the crop in western civilization. Being the Buddha living in the current century, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III saves living beings with great loving compassion. He is not embodied in an ordinary being. Needless to say, the level of cultivation of the Buddha is superior to that of Van Gogh and Qi Baishi. In terms of creativity and painting skills, how can any ordinary being even hold a candle to the Buddha? In this way, the comparison result is immediately determined.
When those art critics carried out the detailed research of the Sunflowers by Van Gogh and Qi Baishi as well as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, they copied the artworks by all three artists. After copying the works by Van Gogh and Qi Baishi, they felt deeply that through hands-on practice, they indeed gained more understanding of their works. It would not be easy but not so difficult either for one to really reach their artistic level. As for the Sunflowers by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, they found it rather difficult to copy. Even though they tried many times, they had a hard time just copying the form, let alone the spirit.
The Sunflowers by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III clearly show the artist’s solid foundation and prolific skills in the Eastern and Western painting traditions. They comprise the essences in both traditions and display a brushwork, sentiment and colors that are one of a kind. The color tones and brushstrokes are rich, dense, soothing and elegant. Lively brushwork paints an animated charm that is whole, evincing a miraculous and expansive spirit and aura as well as a strong vitality. As for the Sunflowers oil painting in which H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III depicted some flowers inside a vase, the artistry is extraordinary and full of variations; the composition is simple yet abstruse. The flowers are natural and gracious, such that they give an impression of unpredictability, reaching a state of oneness with the universe and emanating a sharp animated spirit.
The ink-wash painting Sunflowers by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has an uninhibited, natural, and spontaneous brushwork that is dense, bold, and robust, but also elegant and agile. It exhibits a charm that is like stone and bronze inscriptions. Overall, the whole painting manifests a harmonious and moving imagery, naturally emanating a lively vivaciousness and a carefree, spirited aura.
In comparing the works by Van Gogh of the Western civilization, Qi Baishi of the Eastern culture, and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, we can see the artists are distinguished in their unique own ways owing to their different cultures. However, only the artist who can continue to influence the world two to three hundred years from now will be the everlasting monument. There is a saying, “Talents emerge in every era and they all will each have 500 years of fame!” For people of the present day, the one whose work you like the best would be the one that is the most extraordinary!
Please see the contrast of six paintings below:
Sunflowers by Van Gogh (1)
Sunflowers by Van Gogh (2)
Sunflowers by Qi Baishi (1)
Sunflowers by Qi Baishi (2)
Ink-wash Painting Sunflowers by
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
Oil Painting Sunflowers by
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
Jiguang Lin
October 26, 2018
时间： 11/11/2018
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